Controls on the stratigraphic framework and paleoenvironmental change within a Holocene estuarine system: Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, USA

Marine Geology

Volumn 379, Issue , 2016, Pages 109-123

  Zaremba, Nicholas ^a   Mallinson, David J ^a   Leorri, Eduardo ^a   Culver, Stephen ^a   Riggs, Stanley ^a   Mulligan, Ryan ^b   Horsman, Eric ^a   Mitra, Siddhartha ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coastal geology; Holocene stratigraphy; Paleotopography; Pamlico Sound; Rapid climate change

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; SEA LEVEL; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

COASTAL GEOLOGY; FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES; HOLOCENES; MEDIEVAL CLIMATE ANOMALY (MCA); PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE; STRATIGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BARRIER ISLAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; CORE ANALYSIS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEISMIC DATA; SHOALING WAVE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRANSGRESSION;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH CAROLINA; OUTER BANKS; PAMLICO SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84971571140     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2016.04.012     Document Type: Article

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